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AssociatedLPeter Cullin on 20/04/2017 - 16:43 watersavingshowers.com.au (415 clicks)
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Cullector Ultra Efficient Showers

Everyone loves a great hot shower, but wasting water means wasting money.
The Cullector captures the water normally wasted during warm-up time and then uses that water to create a stronger fuller flow.
When all of the captured water has been used up a gentle pulse lets you know that your shower time is up.
You can also pause the shower at any time to soap up or shampoo without adjusting your taps.
It’s super easy to install, no plumber required.
Saving water, power, money and the environment never felt so good.

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  • yht on 20/04/2017 - 17:02

    Any idea if we can use it with existing shower rail ?

    • AssociatedPeter Cullin @ Water Saving Showers Australia on 20/04/2017 - 21:09

      Hi. The shower hose on the Cullector is slightly wider than a normal hose but usually fits in most existing shower rail holder. If it is a little tight you can file a bit off the holder on the rail or just use the swivel holder on the Cullector. Cheers

    • AssociatedPeter Cullin @ Water Saving Showers Australia on 21/04/2017 - 08:47

      Hi again, sorry for taking so long to get back to you. The outside diameter of the shower hose is 17mm. If that fits into your existing showerhead holder on your rail you are good to go. Otherwise you can always use the swivel holder on the Cullector, although that is not adjustable for height it only adjusts for angle. I hope this helps. Cheers. Peter

  • RubenM on 20/04/2017 - 17:20

    "Ultra efficient shower"
    "3/6 water efficiency rating"

    • bowtiehoon on 20/04/2017 - 18:51

      Lol, 7lr per min is disappointing to say the least

      • AssociatedPeter Cullin @ Water Saving Showers Australia on 20/04/2017 - 21:21

        I know what you mean and some of the older water saving shower heads were terrible. Some were like needles and other were hot on your head and cold on the feet. The way the Australian standards have changed over the last few years has really made a huge difference to the way shower heads work. WaterMark is a product quality certification mark provided by independent certifying authorities. It confirms that the product complies with the requirements of the Plumbing Code of Australia and the specifications listed in relevant Australian Standards. These relate to the quality of the product, including aspects of health and safety, and warrant that it is fit for purpose. All Water Saving Shower Australia products are WaterMark certified WM74582. This is your guarantee of an excellent shower experience at the stated flow rate.
        I'm so confident you will love the cullector I offer a 30 day money back guarantee. All you have to do is send it back and I will refund your money. Cheers

        • bowtiehoon on 20/04/2017 - 22:04

          … i actually meant if the term ultra efficient is used, I would have expected something like 4.5 ltrs per min or even the one that does 2.7 litres, but those ones are much more expensive than the ones on offer. Guess 7 ltr is ok, but i wouldn't say "ultra" efficient though…just my opinion though

        • AssociatedPeter Cullin @ Water Saving Showers Australia on 20/04/2017 - 22:14

          Thanks for that, I misunderstood. 7 litres a minute is as good as we can make it and still have a great shower. What makes it the ultra efficient water saving shower is the additional features such as collecting the cold warm up water and using it in the shower, the ability to switch OFF and ON or PAUSE to soap up and shampoo without adjusting taps and the built in shower timer! Cheers

  • [Deactivated] on 20/04/2017 - 18:01
    +3

    I've always found that it takes longer to shower with a 'water saving' head, so the wter saving isn't really there.

    • Make it so on 20/04/2017 - 18:30

      Agree, I hate those things. I'd rather have a decent amount of water and finish showering in no-time.

    • AssociatedPeter Cullin @ Water Saving Showers Australia on 20/04/2017 - 21:21

      I know what you mean and some of the older water saving shower heads were terrible. Some were like needles and other were hot on your head and cold on the feet. The way the Australian standards have changed over the last few years has really made a huge difference to the way shower heads work. WaterMark is a product quality certification mark provided by independent certifying authorities. It confirms that the product complies with the requirements of the Plumbing Code of Australia and the specifications listed in relevant Australian Standards. These relate to the quality of the product, including aspects of health and safety, and warrant that it is fit for purpose. All Water Saving Shower Australia products are WaterMark certified WM74582. This is your guarantee of an excellent shower experience at the stated flow rate.
      I'm so confident you will love the cullector I offer a 30 day money back guarantee. All you have to do is send it back and I will refund your money. Cheers

    • AssociatedPeter Cullin @ Water Saving Showers Australia on 21/04/2017 - 09:02

      Things have come a long way since the introduction of the first flow restricting shower heads and you should be able to shower in the same time as a non flow restricting shower. Just like modern cars get more litres per kilometre and are more comfortable. The new standards set by the Australian government are mandatory and very strict. All of our products are WELS and WaterMark certified. The testing is undertaken by independent testing laboratories and includes Flow Rate, Mean Spray Angle, Temperature Drop and the water tightness of the end connectors. This is your guarantee of a great shower at low flow rates. Be careful of buying any showerhead that is not WELS rated as they have not been tested. Thanks again for your comments, cheers

  • worker on 20/04/2017 - 18:49

    Just lol @ this product, what a waste of money!

    • wosdam on 20/04/2017 - 20:38

      There's a lot of suckers out there. And where there is demand, there will surely be a supply.

    • AssociatedPeter Cullin @ Water Saving Showers Australia on 20/04/2017 - 21:24

      Pays for its self in about 6 months! Start saving water and money from the very first shower! With a lot of shower water coming directly from the hot water service a heap can be saved on power too. Cheers

    • AssociatedPeter Cullin @ Water Saving Showers Australia on 20/04/2017 - 21:24

      Pays for its self in about 6 months! Start saving water and money from the very first shower! With a lot of shower water coming directly from the hot water service a heap can be saved on power too. Cheers

      • worker on 21/04/2017 - 05:16

        Sure it does, when water costs .00026c per litre this is going to save my life, it will even pay off my mortgage quicker just by having this product.
        Seriously this will not pay itself off in 6 months and if that is what your saying please show the evidence of actual facts and figures not just wild and ridiculous statements that are completely untrue.

        • AssociatedPeter Cullin @ Water Saving Showers Australia on 21/04/2017 - 08:19

          Hi and thanks for you comments. Sorry for such a nerdy reply but I understand it is not easy to calculate the exact savings for every individual case because water and power utility charges vary considerably across the country and not everyone has the same set up. Some people use electricity to heat their water and some use gas, some instant or solar! Also everyone has different showering behaviour, some quick, some slow, some pause the shower to soap up and shampoo some brush their teeth and shave etc.
          Please see the following calculations and let me know your thoughts. Scroll down to see the assumptions for the calculations and the methodology.

          Results at a glance based on 1 x 5-minute shower per day

          Money Savings on Water Use pa $80.00
          Money Saved on Power Use pa $262.36
          Total pa $342.36

          Water Savings in kilolitres pa 35.4 kilolitres
          Carbon dioxide reduction in tons pa 1.02 tons pa

          Details
          Water saved by flow reduction
          Flow rate of typical non water saving shower 20.0 litres per minute
          The Cullector™ flow rate 7.0 litres per minute
          Savings 13.0 litres per minute
          Shower time 5.0 minutes
          Total 65.0 litres per shower

          Savings made by additional features
          Savings from collection and use of cold water at start up 5.0 litres per shower
          Savings from not needing to adjust taps for correct temperature 2.0 litres per shower
          Savings from monitoring the temperature from within the cubicle 3.0 litres per shower
          Savings from pausing shower to soap up or shampoo 22.1 litres per shower
          Total 32.1 litres per shower

          Combined savings per shower 97.1 litres
          Combined savings pa 35.4 kilolitres

          Money saved by water reduction
          SA Water: Tier 1 = $2.26 kilolitres $80.00 pa
          Money saved by power reduction
          27 cents per kWh Momentum Energy Peak Step 1 rate $262.36 pa
          Total money saved $342.36 pa

          Green house gas reduction of CO2 1.02 tons pa

          Methodology and assumptions for calculations
          1. The energy used heating the water.
          2. The cost in Australian dollars.
          3. The CO2 emissions.

          Approximately 67% of water used in a shower comes directly from the hot water service. The remaining 33% comes from the cold water supply line. We can now calculate that for every litre of water saved 0.67 of a litre of new cold water is prevented from entering the hot water system to be heated.

          The following formula have been kindly provided by David Smyth BE Elect (Hons), Director evolve energy.
          To heat 1 litre of water by 1 degree C requires 4187 Joules of energy.
          To heat one litre of water from 20 degrees C to 55 degrees C equals:
          (55 - 20) x 4187 Joules = 146.545kJ
          Therefore to heat 10 litres equates to 1.47MJ in this example.

          The amount of electricity, gas etc used to produce 1.47 Mega Joules (MJ) of heat energy is dependent on the efficiency of the hot water system to convert electricity, gas etc to heat energy. The calculations are quite complex because it depends on the efficiency of heating elements, tank insulation etc.

          Electric “Instantaneous” Hot Water Systems operate with an efficiency of up to 98%. So the electrical energy would be: 1.47MJ / 0.98 = 1.5MJ to heat 10 litres of water.

          The conversion of MJ to kWh is 3.6. Therefore, 1.5MJ equates to 1.5/3.6 = 0.42kWh
          Electricity price is 27 cents per kWh at the Momentum Energy Peak Step 1 rate.

          Therefore, it costs 11.34 cents in electricity to heat 10 litres of water from 20 degrees to 55 degrees using an instantaneous hot water system at the Momentum Energy Peak Step 1 rate. Therefore it costs 1.134 cents in electricity to heat 1 liter of water.

          Water savings pa 34.5 kL
          Proportion of hot water saved pa 67% = 23,115 litres X 1.135 = $262.36

          The emissions produced to heat 10 litres of water is 0.42kWh x 1.046kgCO2e = 0.44 kg CO2e (or 0.44 kg of carbon dioxide)
          Water savings pa 34.5 kL
          Proportion of hot water saved pa 67% = 23,115 litres = 1017.06 kg of carbon dioxide

          To calculate the Cullector savings we have assumed the user will use the following features.
          1. The user will leave their shower taps set to their preferred temperature and use the handle on the Cullector™ to switch the shower OFF and ON
          2. The user will monitor the small sample of incoming water for temperature during warm up time from within the shower cubicle.
          3. The user will use the handle on the Cullector™ to pause the shower to soap up or shampoo.
          4. The user will take an average of 1 x 5 minute shower 365 days a year.

          I hope this helps and please let me know your thoughts.

          Kind regards

          Peter

        • [Deactivated] on 21/04/2017 - 11:15

          @Peter Cullin:

          Flow rate of typical non water saving shower 20.0 litres per minute

          I wish.

          Have you looked in a hardware/plumbling store recently? It's impossible to find anything that doesn't have a 3 star WELs rating. Most will have a flow of around 9L/min.

          You're actually peddling the wrong product. If you sold a shower head that had a flow rate of 20L/min, I'd buy a several straight away!

        • AssociatedPeter Cullin @ Water Saving Showers Australia on 21/04/2017 - 11:43

          @sp00ker:
          I understand it is very difficult to trust a shower to deliver a great showering experience at low flow rates. Most of the first low flow showers were hopeless. When the Australian Government brought in the WELS standard that required showers to have a flow rate of 9 L/pm or less to get the 3 star rating the testing requirements were nothing like what is required today. Either you had death by 1000 needles, had to run in circles to get wet or had a scalded head and frozen feet! Fortunately things have come a long way since then and you should be able to have a great shower at 9L/pm or less if the shower has been tested and certified to current WELS standards. Just like modern cars get more litres per kilometre and are more comfortable. The current standards set by the Australian government are mandatory and very strict. All of our products are WELS and WaterMark certified. The testing is undertaken by independent testing laboratories and includes Flow Rate, Mean Spray Angle, Temperature Drop and the water tightness of the end connectors. This is your guarantee of a great shower at low flow rates. Be careful of buying any showerhead that is not WELS rated as they have not been tested, use a lot more water and it's no guarantee of a good shower. Thanks again for your comments, cheers

        • [Deactivated] on 21/04/2017 - 12:00

          @Peter Cullin:

          My rant isn't about the shower experience.

          Your cost saving comparison of 20L/min for a standard shower is not valid. Most showers will only have a flow rate of 9L/min, so the saving is only 1.5L/min not 13L/min. The payback period is much longer than 6 months for most people.

          For people that actually have a 20L/min shower head, they can buy a 9L/min shower head for $7 at bunning and capture most of the savings with a much shorter payback period.

        • AssociatedPeter Cullin @ Water Saving Showers Australia on 21/04/2017 - 12:25

          @sp00ker:
          I see where you are coming from on the flow rate comparison with other WELS rated shower heads. The comparison we are making is with older non WELS products and we would encourage anyone to upgrade to a WELS rated shower head whether it is one of ours or from another reputable supplier.
          The Cullector does have additional features such as collecting and using the initial volume of cold water that is otherwise lost to the drain, being able to pause the shower at any time to soap or shampoo without needing to adjust taps for temperature and the built in shower time that lets you know time is up after all of the collected water has been used up.
          Thanks again for your comments. Cheers

  • nexus4 on 20/04/2017 - 19:02

    Do you stock the Commando 450?

    • AssociatedPeter Cullin @ Water Saving Showers Australia on 20/04/2017 - 21:26

      Sorry but we only stock our own products listed on our website. Cheers

  • kahn on 20/04/2017 - 19:40

    From the description on how it works, I'm guessing you'd have to increase the temperature of the hot water by a couple of degrees to make up for the cooling effect of the stored water. So, it won't actually be saving any energy costs, only water.

    • chyawala on 20/04/2017 - 20:15

      Maybe, however water utility companies use far more electricity than any other industry.

      • kahn on 20/04/2017 - 20:28

        So, you're basically saying that the claim of "Saving water, power, money…" doesn't mean saving your own power, but rather, the utility's power. Am I reading you right?

        • chyawala on 20/04/2017 - 20:40

          I'd wager they mean your savings, but essentially it would be both yours and the utility companies. Best leave the rep to answer this one.

      • AssociatedPeter Cullin @ Water Saving Showers Australia on 20/04/2017 - 21:35

        You are correct in saying a lot of energy is used in moving water around the country, states and districts but with so much of your shower water coming directly from your hot water service a huge amount can be saved on energy bills in the home by reducing the water used in the shower.. cheers

    • AssociatedPeter Cullin @ Water Saving Showers Australia on 20/04/2017 - 21:31
      +1

      Hi, good point but every litre you save is a litre that doesn't need to be heated in the hot water service. With a great deal of shower water coming directly from the HWS a huge amount can be saved on energy. cheers

      • kahn on 20/04/2017 - 21:38

        I still don't get it. The only water that you are saving is the unheated portion that is then mixed with heated water which needs to be at a higher temperature than usual to offset the introduction of the cold stored water. I don't understand how this saves the consumer any power.

        • worker on 21/04/2017 - 05:18

          It doesn't, this is just snake oil

  • wosdam on 20/04/2017 - 20:36

    I don't get how 'saving water' is 'saving the environment'. Given that water is a continuous cycle.

    • chyawala on 20/04/2017 - 20:42

      Yet municipal water supplies demand more electricity than any other industry. See comments above.

      • kahn on 20/04/2017 - 20:56

        Really, there only needs to be one claim - save water. The other claims flow from this, if you pardon the pun.

    • AssociatedPeter Cullin @ Water Saving Showers Australia on 20/04/2017 - 21:42

      The Cullector Ultra Efficient Shower enables you to become proactive in energy and water conservation without sacrificing comfort. In one year a single user can save 35,400 liters of fresh water and reduce greenhouse gas by a minimum of 1.04 tons. Here is a link to show the break down\

      Fresh water savings 35,400 litres* per person per annum
      Waste water reduction 35,400 litres* per person per annum
      Green house gas reduction 1.04 tons of CO2* per person per annum

      Assumptions for the calculations
      *Sydney Water: Tier 1
      *Energy Australia: Shoulder
      *Green House Gas Reduction: Coal fired generation including transmission losses
      *Water & Waste Water Savings: No previously fitted flow restriction device
      *Savings will vary depending on use and location

      • kahn on 20/04/2017 - 21:50

        Additional assumptions: the product saves 100 litres of water per shower and daily showering.

        • AssociatedPeter Cullin @ Water Saving Showers Australia on 20/04/2017 - 22:05

          Hi Again
          Here is the full savings report and I hope you find it helpful. If you scroll down a bit you will see the additional features savings assumptions. This will vary depending on use and location but should give a good indication of what you will achieve in savings. Cheers

          Results at a glance based on 1 x 5-minute shower per day

          Money Savings on Water Use pa $80.00
          Money Saved on Power Use pa $262.36
          Total pa $342.36

          Water Savings in kilolitres pa 35.4 kilolitres
          Carbon dioxide reduction in tons pa 1.02 tons pa

          Details
          Cullector™ Savings
          Water saved by flow reduction
          Flow rate of typical non water saving shower 20.0 litres per minute
          The Cullector™ flow rate 7.0 litres per minute
          Savings 13.0 litres per minute
          Shower time 5.0 minutes
          Total 65.0 litres per shower

          Savings made by additional features
          Savings from collection and use of cold water at start up 5.0 litres per shower
          Savings from not needing to adjust taps for correct temperature 2.0 litres per shower
          Savings from monitoring the temperature from within the cubicle 3.0 litres per shower
          Savings from pausing shower to soap up or shampoo 22.1 litres per shower
          Total 32.1 litres per shower

          Combined savings per shower 97.1 litres
          Combined savings pa 35.4 kilolitres

          Money saved by water reduction
          SA Water: Tier 1 = $2.26 kilolitres $80.00 pa
          Money saved by power reduction
          27 cents per kWh Momentum Energy Peak Step 1 rate $262.36 pa
          Total money saved $342.36 pa

          Green house gas reduction of CO2 1.02 tons pa

        • kahn on 20/04/2017 - 22:37

          @Peter Cullin:
          Thanks for the nerdy information :-)

          Ozbargainer's "shower" method: use a hand towel wetted by one cup of hot soapy water to wipe oneself. Optional: wash hair in kitchen sink after doing the dishes.

  • GnarlyKnuckles on 21/04/2017 - 01:11

    Sweet Jesus, another 'water saving' shower head? The older ones simply felt like someone was taking a piss on my head, and that effect would be dramatically accentuated by this one's 'pulse' function, I can safely assume. This is the worst product I have seen on OzB in a while. As for that crap about 'filing a bit off the holder', was that a bad attempt at humour? That would be a good way to destroy every bit of hardware involved in the (thoroughly misguided) process, possibly get some metal in your eye, and likely end up with a LEAKY shower-head at the end of it that wastes much more water than your old (normal) showerhead ever did.

    Do you know what I mean, OP?

    • [Deactivated] on 21/04/2017 - 11:18
      +2

      The older ones simply felt like someone was taking a piss on my head

      I know some people that pay a lot of money for that experience :)

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